Agitator for washing-machines.



F. J. TALLANT.

AGlTATOR FOR WASHING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED MAR, 11, 1911- RENEWED FEB. 27,1915. 1 ,138,157, Patented May 4, 1915.

FRANK J. TALLANT, 0F LEAVENXVORTH, KANSAS.

AGITATOR FOR WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May a, 1915.

Application filed March 11, 1911, Serial No. 613,923. Renewed February 27, 1915. Serial Ito/11,069.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. TALLANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leavenworth, in the county of Leavenworth and State of Kansas, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Agitators for WVashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to agitators for washing machines of that character by which the articles to be washed are rapidly moved back and forth in a circular direction and my object is to produce a device of this character which will operate efficiently and reliably'and which is of extremely simple, strong, durable and cheap construction.

WVith this object in view and others as hereinafter appear the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l, is a perspective view of an agi tator embodying my invention. Fig. 2, is a vertical section of the same on the line II-II of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a similar section of a slightly modified construction. Fig. 4, is a detail perspective view of a reinforcing bracket of the type shown in Fig. 3.

In the said drawing, 1 indicates a bar preferably of wood of suitable dimensions, provided centrally with a vertical hole 2, extending through it' from its upper to its lower edge and extending through said hole is the lower end of a shaft 8 to be turned in a washing machine by a crank, not shown, and in a power machine by any suitable gearing, not shown. At its lower end the shaft is made square or angular as shown at 4:, and is upset or riveted as at '5 against the underside of a metal strip 6 fitting against the lower edge of the bar. Beyond the ends of the bar the strip is bent to form the loops 7 of the contour shown or any other desirable contour, and the terminals of said strip extend inwardly and fit flatly upon the upper edge of the bar and are secured thereto by wood screws 8, the heads of which are preferably countersunk in the strip, though the heads of the screws may be rounded without departing from the invention. Bolts 9, whose heads are preferably rounded extend vertically through the strip and bear thereon outwardly of screws 8, and are engaged at their lower ends .by nuts 10, it will thus be seen that movement of the strip upon the bar is impossible and that they are therefore one for all intents and purposes.

In both constructions I employ a plate which is rigid with the bar and strip and nonrotatably engages the shaft to cooperate with the strip in guarding against turning movement ofthe shaft within the bar. In both cases this plate, numbered 11 in Figs. 1 and 2 and 11 in Figs. 3 and 4, is secured by rivets 12 to the strip. In Figs. 1 and :2 the plate 11 is interposed between the bar and strip, the lower edge of the bar being provided with a recess 13 to accommodate the plate, which in both cases is of increased thickness where it engages the shaft to make the connection therewith more reliable, it being noted that the upper, side of the plate is engaged by a downwardly disposed shoulder let formed at the junction of the shaft and its angular extension 4:. The plate 11 is of the same general character as plate 11 but is fitted against the underside of strip 6 and to make the connection more efifectual is provided in its upper side with a channel 15-receiving said strip.

In Fig. 3, the shoulder 14 of the shaft bears upon the upper side of strip 6, and the upset or riveted end 5 of the shaft bears against the lower side of the thick portion of the plate. Fitting on the shaft and against the upper edge of the bar is a washer 16 and securing the same rigidly in place is solder 17, or its equivalent, this washer cooperating with the upset end of the shaft in preventing upward movement of the bar on the shaft.

In practical operation, the agitator is immersed in the water of the washing machine and serves to partially divide the contents into two parts and stirs the articles, therein vigorously and thoroughly, the action of the agitator being such that the water is alternately dashed along its sides in opposite directions and against and into the mass of fabric in the machine. For washing garments such as shirts having parts, such as collars or cuffs which require more severe treatment and therefore a longer time usually to thoroughly cleanse them, than the body of such garment, the collar and cuffs are inserted through, the loops 7, so that the water as it is forcibly dashed outwardly, will impinge upon them and cleanse them I cured to the lower edge of the strip and bent I quickly dissolve With unusual rapidity or by the time the body of the garment is cleansed. The furtherefiect' of using this agitator is to maintain a livelier suds, causing the soap to more and impregnate the Water. By displacement air also enters the body of Water atthe reverseside of the agitator, at each semirevolution of the same.

From the above description it Will be apparent that I have produced an agitator for Washing machines, possessing the features of advantage enumerated as desirable, and I Wish it to be understood that I reserve the right to make all changes properly falling within the spirit and scope of the appended claim. 1

I clann: v An agitator for Washing machlnes, comprising a Wood strip 1, having a vertical bore centrally of its length, a metal bar seto form loops disposed at the opposite ends of the strip, the extremities of the bar fitting upon the upper edge of the strip, bolts extending through the strip and said bar and its extremities, Wood screws extending through the extremities of the bar into the Wood strip, a plate set into the loWer edge of the Wood strip and upon the upper side of the body portion of the metal bar, and a shaft extending through the bore of the Wood strip and shouldered upon the upper edge of the latter and provided at its lower end With an angular portion non-rotatably engaging said plate and bar and upset at its loWer end against said bar. 7

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK J. TALLANT.

Witnesses A C. A. SPARROW,

MARGARET HANNoN.

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